More Biomimetic Robots for Mars

NASA seems to be coming up with endless types of biomemetic robots for
Mars exploration lately (not to mention conventional robots like those in
the previous story). The latest news releases describe a tiny,
insectiod Entomopter being
developed at the University of Missouri and a sort of robo-yabby
being researched at the University of Melbourne. Let's just hope they're
spending at least some of their money on technology that will get all
these robots (and us) to Mars.

Yep, first thing I thought of when I saw the photo was crawdads. Maybe
we need to drink a can of Foster's beer and learn to speak Austrailian?

The problem with those flying insect robots in Martian atmosphere was
pointed on by someone on comp.robotics.misc the other day too. Seems
like it would be a lot easier to build something that floats like a
balloon. Or they could just use a few of their dozens of other Mars
robots instead. :-)